Embroidering attachment for sewing-machines.



G. F. LICK.

EMBRQIDERING ATTAGHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED $11 M.1a, 1908.

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Specification of Letters'Patent.

' Pat ntedDec. i-5190s.

Application filed September is, 1908, Serial No. 45 .614.

-To all whom it may concern: B6111; known that vI, GEORGE FRAYKLIX LICK,a citizensof the-United States. residing fat Hartford, in the county ofSebastian and State of Arkansas, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Embroidering the following is a specification. I i

'This invention. relates to an enibroidering attachment for sew ngmachines adapted to be applied to the needle-bar of the-machine.

, in lieu of the ordinary presser-foot; for

,' executing, various kinds pf embroidery or fancy work.

The object of theinvention .is to amide v a simple and inexpensivedevice of, this character which may be conveniently applied and removed,which is eflicient in use,

which will opcratey'ithout obscuring the design or pattern,1and in whichthe parts are combined and arranged in such manner as to reduce thenumber ofparts and to secure maximum simplicity of construction.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination andarrangementof parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a frontelevation of a portion of a sewing machine head showing the applicationof the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the attachment.

The embroidery attachment embodying my invention is preferably formed ofa single piece of spring wire, It comprises a body portion ofsubstantially U-form and composed of upper and lower substantiallyhorizontal arms 1 and 2 connected'at one end by a main spring coil 3,whicli-coiloperates to exert u' ward pressure on the arm 1 and downwarcshank and is bent downwardly and upwardly to form a U-shaped sprin clasp6 having'its j receiving end uppermost, as clearly shown in F 1g. 2.ment has its free end terminating inwardly beyond the plane of theclasp'and bent downg of the fabric slipping while the shuttle perwardlyat an angle to form an extension 1 y The device is shown iirFigdasamh acpressure on the arm 2. lhe inner end of the arm 1, wlnch is rela- One ofthe ends of i The lower arm 2 of the attachbeing provided at its lower,or free end with an eye or loop 8 to rest-upo' ithfabric and to serve asaguide for the needle. At the angle of intersection of thearm- 2 and extension 1 the wire is bent to form ,aiiI-auxil spring 001i 9, wherebythe pressei'i foo rendered freely resilient independent resiliency oi"the coil 3.

)rac'tice for use 11 ona sewim in ordinaryconstruction, which inachi isprovided with the usual verticallygrecipr eating needle-bar .10provided-at itsulower end with a socket to receive the uppergend of theneedle andhaving at one side a thread guide 12 and at its opposite sidean nternally threaded boss 13 in which operates a thumbscrew H'forclampingthe needle in said socket.

In applying e anate, the needle-bar is" elevated to raise the'needle itsfull extent above the surface, of thefwork table (and the ordinarypresser foot'is removed and the at tachment applied by slipping'the sameonto the needle from the free end of the latter, so that the needle willpass through the guides 4 and 8, and so that the attachment will lietransversely of the line of feed of the fabric. The device is thenslipped upward to its operative position in which the clasp 6 is forcedin engagement with the boss 13 or shank of the thumb-screw 14, afterwhich the thread is passed downward through the guide 12, loop 8 and eyeof the needle.

In the operation of the device for executing embroidery or fancy workthe loop or eye 8 of the )resser foot bears lightly and easily on the faric, its pressure force being sufficient to hold the fabric in positionwhile the needle is in action but light enough to permit the fabricbeing shifted in any direction to properly work the design which isbeing embroidered.

It will be understood that the device is held in position in a securemanner against displacement by the frictional clamping grip of the clasp6, which is held from any possibility of displacement under thevibration of the machine bythe upward pressure of the main spring 3 onthe arm 1, and that the downward pressure of said spring on the arm 2serves to hold the presser foot in engagement with the fabric with adetermined degree of force. By this means any possibility forms itsfunction in making the stitch is prevented, while at the sametime thepresser foot'is permitted to have a limited yielding "independent motionto compensate for any irregularities in the thickness or surface of thefabric and avoid possible injury to the stitching during the shifting ofthe fabric. By the construction described, it will be, apparent that thedevice is held in position by the.combined grip of the clasp, 6 and theupward'pressure of-the arm 1', and that the arrangement of the parts forsecuring this rethat the double s ring action of the coils 3 vsultfissimple and avoids the necessity of using a complexity of members, aswould be necessary in employing an attaching member hooked to enga' eover the top of the boss or thumb-screw. twill also be apparent and 9 inholdingt e resser foot to its work and removed without the necessityv ofde-.

taching or adjusting thethumb-screw 14. I

' HBNIIN' thus fully described the invention;

what'is c aimed as new is:-

1." A sewing machine attachment of the character described comprising asingle piece of spring metal embodying upper and lower loop upon theupper arm, an attaching dev ce extending upward from said upper arm, anextension from the lower arm forming a end, and a spring coil connectingsaid presser foot with said lowerarm and adapted to permit yieldingmovement of the presser foot independent of said arm. 2, A sewingmachine attachment of the char cter described, comprising a single iece'of springmetal embodying upper and owersubstantially horizontal arms, amain spring coil connecting the arms at one end, a guide loop upon theupper arm, a-shank' extending upwardly from the free end of the upperarm and provided at its free end with a vertically disposedlaterally'extending U- shaped clasp having the entrance to its receivingspace at the upper end thereof, an extension from the lower arm forminga end, and a spring 0011 connecting said presser foot with said lowerarm and adapted to erindependent of said arm.

- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses. GEORGE F. LICK.

Witnesses:

- M. R. PARKS, W11. HEARN.

mit yielding movement of the presser oot substantially horizontal arms,a main spring c011 connecting the armsat one end, a guide npresser foothaving a guide loop at its free presser foot having a guide loop at itsfree 7

